Project Report
| Nov 12, 2008
Project Closure
By John Ko | Executive Vice President
Although, we weren't able to raise the full amount through Global Giving, we're happy to report that this project was completed successfully in early part of 2008. Annabel did fantastic work to create a "training manual" that was used to start a another farmer education project in Rwanda for One Acre Fund. For more information on One Acre Fund, please visit www.oneacrefund.org
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Dec 6, 2007
Work Continues with Field Officers
By Annabel Khouri | MWB Volunteer
Work continues with the field officers. They are now in the field working to recruit customers to our program, which has been a challenge. This is an election year and candidates are sending representatives to the rural areas (such as where we work) and handing out money! In some cases, the money is paid out in exchange for the individual’s voting card, so someone can vote on their behalf (though not necessarily for the individual’s preferred candidate). Essentially, they are buying votes from the rural poor who don’t have 2 shillings to rub together, so 100 shillings (less than $2USD) is worth giving up their right to vote! Since we are not giving out money, some people have ignored our meetings, but we continue to try to spread the word. Apparently, there have also been some bad experiences with NGOs who have promised the world to some of these poor farmers and then failed to deliver, which makes for a difficult work environment to say the least. We have to convince the people that we have a proven plan of action to offer, that we are not trying to take advantage, but instead help them. All very challenging indeed! But, the program is doing very well in our first district. Starting up in a new area is difficult and we have to prove ourselves in each new area we move to in order to gain the trust of the people.
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Dec 6, 2007
Nearing the end
By Annabel Khouri | MWB Volunteer
I am nearing the end of my time with One Acre Fund. The past few weeks I have focused on tying up loose ends on the HR processes, including the development of a training library for staff that includes multiple management training scripts. The lessons learned have been incorporated into the materials and I feel confident that the process developed will enable OAF to expand its operations to other locations in 2008.
In the coming weeks, I will be doing a few random projects including working with local staff to develop logical file structures and creating a knowledge management process for staff to prevent problems with duplicate efforts and implement some semblance of version control.
Local staff are preparing for the holidays and the elections.
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